The Last Pogo is a short film made by Colin Brunton

Colin Brunton

Colin Brunton is a Canadian producer and director. After creating the short films The Last Pogo , A Trip Around Lake Ontario and The Mysterious Moon Men of Canada , Genie Award winner for Best Live Action Short), Brunton produced the feature films Roadkill and Highway 61 with director Bruce...

 in 1978.

Shot in Toronto, at the Horseshoe Tavern

Horseshoe Tavern

The Horseshoe Tavern is a concert venue located at 370 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, and has been in operation since 1947. Owned by "JC", Ken Sprackman, Craig Laskey and Naomi Montpetit, the venue is a significant part of Canadian musical lore...

, The last Pogo concert was billed as "the last punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 concert" in Toronto -- at least for that original wave of punksters circa 1977/1978. Featuring performances by The Scenics

The Scenics

The Scenics are a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active from 1976 to 1982, and from 2008 to the present. Their style incorporates punk rock, post-punk, and art punk...

, The Cardboard Brains, The Secrets, The Mods, The Ugly, The Viletones

The Viletones

The Viletones were a Canadian punk band from Toronto, led by Steven Leckie, a.k.a. "Nazi Dog" or "Dog" on vocals. Other members from the original line-up were Freddie Pompeii, on guitar/vocals; Chris Paputts, a.k.a. "Chris Hate" on bass guitar/vocals and Mike Anderson, a.k.a. "Motor X" on the...

 and Teenage Head

Teenage Head (band)

Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was one of the most popular Canadian punk rock bands during the early 1980s....

, the event also spawned a live recording called "And Now Live From Toronto -- The Last Pogo".

Apart from the performances, the highlight of the film was probably the shots of the aftermath, because during the show, a bit of a riot occurred. Brunton's crew was ushered outside by police and firefighters, but the sound recordist stuck it out.

The film itself was available only in bootleg copies and occasional airings until its release on DVD in 2008. The DVD was released as a tribute to Teenage Head

Teenage Head (band)

Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was one of the most popular Canadian punk rock bands during the early 1980s....

 frontman Frankie Venom.

Cast

• Teenage Head
  Teenage Head (band)
  Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was one of the most popular Canadian punk rock bands during the early 1980s....
  
    as Themselves
• The Viletones
  The Viletones
  The Viletones were a Canadian punk band from Toronto, led by Steven Leckie, a.k.a. "Nazi Dog" or "Dog" on vocals. Other members from the original line-up were Freddie Pompeii, on guitar/vocals; Chris Paputts, a.k.a. "Chris Hate" on bass guitar/vocals and Mike Anderson, a.k.a. "Motor X" on the...
  
    as Themselves
• The Ugly
  The Ugly
  The Ugly is a 1997 New Zealand horror/thriller film, the first feature directed and written by Scott Reynolds. It was nominated for best film awards at festivals in New Zealand, Portugal and the United States.-Plot:...
  
    as Themselves
• The Mods as Themselves
• The Secrets
  The Secrets
  The Secrets were an American girl group from Cleveland, Ohio.The group first performed under the name The Sonnets, named after the Sonnet piano. They were offered a local gig supporting local ensemble The Starfires , and at one of these performances, talent scout Redda Robbins offered them a contract...
  
    as Themselves
• The Cardboard Brains  as Themselves
• The Scenics
  The Scenics
  The Scenics are a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active from 1976 to 1982, and from 2008 to the present. Their style incorporates punk rock, post-punk, and art punk...
  
    as Themselves
• Margaret Barnes-DelColle  as Herself
• Gary Courmier  as Himself
• Mickey DeSadest  as Himself
• Frederick Di Pasquale  as Himself
• Roger Dirtbag  as Herself
• Gary Topp  as Himself
• John Paul Young
  John Paul Young
  John Paul Young is an Australian pop singer who had a 1978 worldwide hit with "Love Is in the Air"...
  
  as Himself